![Elephant grass biomass growing in a field in Northamptonshire, UK in early spring](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AdobeStock_489738771-opt.jpg)
DEFRA recently published an update on how government will pay for land-based environmental and climate goods and services under its Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes. The update, published last week (26th January 2023) currently applying only to England, specified that perennial biomass crops such as miscanthus, reed canary grass and tree species grown as short-rotation coppice are all included under the ‘permanent crops’ category within the ELM schemes.
![Biomass For UK Energy POSTNote](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/POSTNote_Review.jpg)
On the 12th of January 2023 the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology published a brief review (POST Note) on the status and role of Biomass in UK energy generation. […]
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‘Mission Zero’ – the Independent Review of Net Zero was published on Friday 3rd January 2023 by MP Chris Skidmore. The 340-page report makes calls for 25 key actions by […]
![Two-year old stems at the 33 variety yield trial](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Easton-College-Trial-Site.jpg)
The Biomass Connect project has been given the opportunity to proceed with a willow Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) harvest at a trial site at Easton College in Norfolk. There are […]
![Biogas Plant](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Biogas-Plant.jpg)
The global hydrogen project is an ambitious endeavour to revolutionise how we generate, store, and use energy. This project will involve the development of a network of hydrogen production and […]
![Biomass Connect Hub Site Updates](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BC-Hub-Site-Updates.jpg)
Biomass Connect has now collated the December updates from all 8 of our Hub Sites. We have published these within the Hub Site Updates and they can also be accessed […]
![SRUC Edinburgh Hub Site Update](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SRUC-Edinburgh-Hub-Site-Update.jpg)
December 2022 Summer weed control, cultivation and drilling complete. A winter wheat cover crop has been drilled on all wood crops plots but not on those due to have miscanthus […]
![SRUC Ayrshire Hub Site Update](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SRUC-Ayrshire-Hub-Site-Update.jpg)
December 2022 Summer weed control, cultivation and drilling complete. A winter wheat cover crop has been drilled on all wood crops plots but not on those due to have miscanthus […]
![Newcastle University Hub Site Update](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NU-Hub-Site-Update.jpg)
December 2022 A wheat cover crop has been established by direct drilling in autumn 2022. Soil samples were collected for nutrient analysis and characterisation of soil properties to establish pre-planting […]
![Area for Miscanthus, ploughed and left fallow over winter](https://www.biomassconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Miscanthus-area-ploughed.jpg)
December 2022 The site has been prepared into rough planting blocks as per the plans (woody crops and grasses). A winter wheat cover crop has been drilled on all wood […]